Topic > Romanticism and Humanism - 1126

While “unlimited freedom of the press” is guaranteed as a consequence of man's right to individual liberty, freedom of the press is totally destroyed, because “freedom of the press must not be permitted when endangers public freedom." That is to say therefore: the human right to freedom ceases to be a right as soon as it comes into conflict with political life, while in theory political life is only the guarantee of human rights, of the rights of the individual, and therefore it must be abandoned as soon as it contradicts its purpose, with these human rights”. (Marx & Lederer, 1958)And of those who fight for political freedom, Marx says: “…the relationship is reversed in the minds of political emancipators and the aim appears as the means, while the means appear as the end. ” (Marx & Lederer, 1958) That is, their goals should not be to preserve or receive rights within their society, but to change the politics of their society so that they do not need protection from it. Rights politicians are a means by which communism (or freedom if you prefer) can be achieved, not an end. If you need your rights to be protected, then society has not evolved to the point of being truly safe, just like Marx's thinking did not evolve to the point where he saw rights as impositions rather than protection..